A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Friona$1,180/mo

Typical home $175K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.78% · or rent about $1,038/mo · Housing →

Kermit$860/mo

Typical home $147K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $1,071/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,700 a year, between Friona and Kermit.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Friona places higher on 13 of 20 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

A+FrionaSafer than 97% of U.S. towns A−KermitSafer than 75% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+FrionaBetter than 40% of districts in the state B−KermitBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

C+FrionaHealthier than 43% of U.S. towns C−KermitHealthier than 25% of U.S. towns

13Friona

7Kermit

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #14#509 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #339#41 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #122#309 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #209#31 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #446#295 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #271#404 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #18#148 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #299#410

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Friona’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

FrionaKermit

Snow a year13″2″

January low22°F 27°F

July high91°F 96°F

Growing season (days)182d 215d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)15th 5th

Outdoors & history

FrionaKermit

Trails0 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2%3.2%

Settled1906 1938

Community

FrionaKermit

Library hours a week37 hrs 43 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

194 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FrionaTX KermitTX

Friona ↔ Kermit194 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

FrionaKermit

People

Population 4,102Lowest 5,689Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.2%Lowest TX: +15.9% +9.8%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 39.9±3.4Highest 12% above TX 35.3±3.1Lowest about the TX average

Friona and Kermit are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.1%±6.3Lowest TX: 25% 28.1%±3.7Highest TX: 25%

Kermit and Friona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 21.3%±5.3Highest TX: 13.4% 13.3%±2.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.9%Highest TX: 33.8% 8%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±1.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 3.9%±2.2Highest TX: 6.2%

Kermit and Friona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,801±$5kLowest 15% below TX $81,170±$22kHighest 3% above TX

Kermit and Friona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $125,500±$54kLowest 56% below TX $151,600±$34kHighest 47% below TX

Kermit and Friona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,038±$234Lowest 26% below TX $1,071±$76Highest 24% below TX

Kermit and Friona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,230Highest 47% below TX $1,156Lowest 73% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 12.4%±12.1Lowest TX: 51.7% 44.1%±34.7Highest TX: 51.7%

Kermit and Friona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8.9%Lowest TX: 13.8% 16.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.9%Lowest TX: 62.6% 84.5%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Highest 20 yrs older than TX 1968Lowest 24 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 48% below TX 31 minHighest 16% above TX

Work from home 0%±0.8Lowest TX: 14.4% 0.4%±0.5Highest TX: 14.4%

Kermit and Friona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 19.6%Lowest 23.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.8 miLowest 41.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.57Highest 0.55Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Amarillo (6%)Midland (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KermitFew work in Friona

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 3.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 155Highest 150Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #299 of 583 in TX #410 of 583 in TX

School district FRIONA ISDKERMIT ISD

High school in town Friona H SKermit H S

Students per teacherat that high school 8.4Lowest 13.7Highest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Friona vs Kermit

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Friona

Friona places higher on 13 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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